Hi,
I thought that I would post a brief summary of the process that I used to create a bootable USB drive to run OP25. Hopefully others may benefit.
Assumptions:
- You know how to boot from a USB drive
- You have at least a cursory familiarity with Ubuntu, including how to setup networking and how to edit files (using vi, gedit, etc...)
The process:
1. Format a USB drive to FAT32. Insure that the maximum size of the stick is 32GB (or the first bootable partition on a larger USB drive is 32GB or smaller).
2. Download the GNU Radio ISO image from:
GNURadioLiveDVD - GNU Radio - gnuradio.org
3. On Windows, download the unetbootin utility from:
UNetbootin
(If you are running Linux, you should be able to do something like 'sudo apt-get install unetbootin').
4. Use unetbootin to create the bootable USB stick:
* Click on 'Diskimage', insure the dropdown menu is set to 'ISO', and select the GNU Radio ISO file downloaded previously.
* Set a value for 'Space used to preserve files across reboots' (I use 2000 to enable 2GB of persistent storage).
* Insure 'Type' is set to 'USB Drive', and 'Drive' points to your USB drive.
* Click 'OK'
5. When finished, eject and then re-insert the USB drive (do not boot from it yet).
6. Edit file \boot\grub\grub.cfg on the USB drive to add persistence (if running Windows, don't use Notepad, use Notepad++, or another editor that preserves the original unix file format). I remove other entries from the boot menu as well, so my grub.cfg file ends up looking like this:
7. Now boot the USB drive. Setup networking, and set the correct timezone/date/time.
8. To eliminate errors when updating using apt-get, open a shell terminal, and enter the following commands:
* sudo apt-get remove cryptsetup
* sudo dpkg --configure -a
Now execute:
* sudo apt-get update
You can now use apt-get to install and/or upgrade standard packages if you wish.
NOTE: Do not ever update the kernel (ie. 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'), the USB drive will no longer boot if you do!
9. Next, from a shell terminal, change to directory '/usr/local/src/pybombs_legacy' and do the following:
* Edit config.dat to change line:
gotoptions = --reference=/root/live/gitcache
to
gotoptions =
* Execute 'sudo ./pybombs install gr-op25'
* Assuming the prior command executed without error, execute 'sudo ldconfig'
**** General Notes ****
- After installing, the working directory for op25 is:
/usr/local/src/pybombs_legacy/src/gr-op25/op25/gr-op25_repeater/apps
- For assistance with setting up op25, watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQeCzksDi4
and read these:
OP25
SignalScopePage
Regards,
JS
I thought that I would post a brief summary of the process that I used to create a bootable USB drive to run OP25. Hopefully others may benefit.
Assumptions:
- You know how to boot from a USB drive
- You have at least a cursory familiarity with Ubuntu, including how to setup networking and how to edit files (using vi, gedit, etc...)
The process:
1. Format a USB drive to FAT32. Insure that the maximum size of the stick is 32GB (or the first bootable partition on a larger USB drive is 32GB or smaller).
2. Download the GNU Radio ISO image from:
GNURadioLiveDVD - GNU Radio - gnuradio.org
3. On Windows, download the unetbootin utility from:
UNetbootin
(If you are running Linux, you should be able to do something like 'sudo apt-get install unetbootin').
4. Use unetbootin to create the bootable USB stick:
* Click on 'Diskimage', insure the dropdown menu is set to 'ISO', and select the GNU Radio ISO file downloaded previously.
* Set a value for 'Space used to preserve files across reboots' (I use 2000 to enable 2GB of persistent storage).
* Insure 'Type' is set to 'USB Drive', and 'Drive' points to your USB drive.
* Click 'OK'
5. When finished, eject and then re-insert the USB drive (do not boot from it yet).
6. Edit file \boot\grub\grub.cfg on the USB drive to add persistence (if running Windows, don't use Notepad, use Notepad++, or another editor that preserves the original unix file format). I remove other entries from the boot menu as well, so my grub.cfg file ends up looking like this:
Code:
if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod gfxterm
terminal_output gfxterm
fi
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
menuentry "Boot Ubuntu (persistent)" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- persistent
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
}7. Now boot the USB drive. Setup networking, and set the correct timezone/date/time.
8. To eliminate errors when updating using apt-get, open a shell terminal, and enter the following commands:
* sudo apt-get remove cryptsetup
* sudo dpkg --configure -a
Now execute:
* sudo apt-get update
You can now use apt-get to install and/or upgrade standard packages if you wish.
NOTE: Do not ever update the kernel (ie. 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'), the USB drive will no longer boot if you do!
9. Next, from a shell terminal, change to directory '/usr/local/src/pybombs_legacy' and do the following:
* Edit config.dat to change line:
gotoptions = --reference=/root/live/gitcache
to
gotoptions =
* Execute 'sudo ./pybombs install gr-op25'
* Assuming the prior command executed without error, execute 'sudo ldconfig'
**** General Notes ****
- After installing, the working directory for op25 is:
/usr/local/src/pybombs_legacy/src/gr-op25/op25/gr-op25_repeater/apps
- For assistance with setting up op25, watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQeCzksDi4
and read these:
OP25
SignalScopePage
Regards,
JS
